their journey to Portland. While they all slept, bed bugs attacked them with a multitude of bites. When the hotel refused to refund their money for the overnight stay, and otherwise failed to cooperate or try to right the situation, the plaintiffs (each member of the family had their own claim) through the discovery process learned this was not the first-time complaints had been filed against the hotel for bed bug infestations. The hotel’s knowledge of, and its failure to remedy the problem, put the entire family at risk, entitling each family member to their own settlement when the case was all over.

leg. It turned out the brick pillar had not been properly constructed and secured, and was an accident waiting to happen. The company tried to deflect responsibility by blaming the boy’s mother for not watching her child better, rather than accept responsibility for not constructing the brick pillar properly. The little boy won a settlement based on an engineering report that ripped the company for creating and hiding such a hazard. The company posted warnings after the little boy was injured, but not before.

$350.  When plaintiff received notice the adjuster had reduced the offer from $500 to $350, she signed the release for $500 and returned it to the insurance adjuster. The adjuster refused to pay the $500, telling the plaintiff the offer had been withdrawn before it was accepted. Outraged by the bait and switch, plaintiff filed suit for $10,000, plus her attorney fees, under ORS 20.080. The insurance adjuster then offered to pay the original $500, but it was too late.